Revolution OS

While Microsoft may be the biggest software company in the world, not every computer user is a fan of their products, or their way of doing business. While Microsoft's Windows became the most widely used operating system for personal computers in the world, many experts took issue with Microsoft's strict policies regarding licensing, ownership, distribution, and alteration of their software. The objections of many high-profile technology experts, most notably Richard Stallman, led to what has become known as "the Open Source Movement," which is centered on the belief that computer software should be free both in the economic and intellectual senses of the word. Eventually, one of Stallman's admirers, Linus Torvalds, created a new operating system called Linux, a freely distributed software which many programmers consider to be markedly superior to Windows. Revolution OS is a documentary that examines the genesis of the Open Source Movement, and explores and explains the technical and …

Director: J.T.S. Moore

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The history of Linux and the Open Source Software Movement


While this documentary only covers the early period of Linux and Open Source history (up to about 2000), it provides great insights into how the software industry got itself where it is today.
Of course, since 2000, Linux has made great strides into the server market, the desktop market , and the embedded market. Android cell phones, Raspberry PI, cameras, camcorders, cars, networking, Tivo, cable boxes, etc. all run by Linux now.

If you want to know how this all happened, Revolution OS will give you the background you need to understand the way the software business works now, and in the future.

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DVDRip 1
2001 | 86 minutes

For the past two decades, a group of computer hackers, neocommunists and entrepreneurs has been gradually undermining Microsoft's monopoly and fundamentally changing the way software is developed and owned – a revolution that resulted in the Linux operating system and the Open Source movement. This fascinating documentary explores the OS movement's origins and depicts the grassroots nature of Linux and OS as they march into the mainstream.

Cast:Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Eric Raymond, Larry Augustin, Bruce Perens, Michael Tiemann, Brian Behlendorf, Frank Hecker, Chris DiBona, Nick Moffitt, Donnie Barnes, Rob Malda, Marc Merlin

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DVDRip 2
The bonus material for this DVD series includes additional interviews with Linux and alternative-OS developers. The
Free Software Song music video.